[PD-announce] Re: speex~ 0.2 : the real voice quality streamer

[Yves Degoyon]

hi,

i'm sorry for those who tested yesterday's release,
it was really crap, mainly because I only tested it on
my local network.

after some real testing, i realized that speex needed
the exact size of each frame to decode them properly
( otherwise, it crashes PD with an ugly exit ).

that's why i release today v0.2, which is more likely
to work over the net.

this release also work with any samplerate.

this time, enjoy,

sevy/yves

Dregs wrote:

> hi,
>
> here is a new external ( actually, just a wrapper
> to Jean-Marc Valin's Speex library :
> http://speex.sourceforge.net ).
>
> this is called speex~ : it is a voice quality streamer
> which allows you to transmit a low-rate signal
> over a TCP connection
> ( this is supposed to be used for voice, not music ).
>
> i use for two main purposes :
>
> a/ remix some remote voices into my music
>
> b/ save on phone bills by phoning with PD and my [ poor ] cable 
> connection
>
> available at the usual place : http://ydegoyon.free.fr
>
> -- BUGS --
>
> it only works for samplerate=44100 ( the default in PD )
> and due to some internal resampling approximations,
> the pitch of voices is slightly changed ( i find it fun for now,
> might get bored with it one day ).
>
> enjoy,
>
> sevy/yves
>
> PS : by the way, a big thanks to Jean-Marc Valin
> who helped me a lot in the development process.
>